Today mutual funds represent the most appropriate opportunity for most small investors. As financial markets become more sophisticated and complex, investors need a financial intermediary who provides the required knowledge and professional expertise on successful investing. It is no wonder then that in the birth place of mutual funds-the USA-the fund industry has already overtaken the banking industry, with more money under mutual fund management than deposited with banks. This project covers a broad range of equity growth funds. The objectives of the paper are as (a) Twenty four Equity growth funds have been studied for the application of composite portfolio performance measures like Treynor ratio, Sharpe ratio, Jenson ratio, Information ratio, M square, Specific ratio etc, and (b) Evaluate the asset allocation policy for Kotak 30 Growth Mutual fund using Sharpe optimisation technique.